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Remember that "new" edition of Worms that Team 17 announced for Steam? It turns out that it may not be that "new" after all, which isn't a bad thing. Big Download did a little sleuthing and discovered that the game is actually based on the recent versions that have appeared on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Specifically, Team 17's Facebook page notes that Worms Reloaded will be "an extended edition of the console versions of late." Again, however, the studio leaves any other details to your expansive imagination.

In other words, it's time to start arguing about why its absolutely essential that Reloaded includes your favorite weapon. Not your stupid best friend's favorite weapon though. That thing totally ruins the game, Stephen!

Hey remember back in July of 2009 when 505 Games announced it would release a video game version of beloved terrible musical Grease? Remember how it described the things that would be in that game? Well today, around eight months later, 505 has revealed who it has chosen to design that game. ... Wow, this is a really nice cart, what with all the flame decals and pink paint, but what's your ducktail-sporting horse doing all the way back there? ... Get it? Cart before the horse? ... Nothing?

Since we've come this far we might as well tell you that the DS version is being developed by Big Head Games and the Wii version by Zoë Mode, as if there was any doubt.

More details from Mario's next conquest of the galaxy in still images from Nintendo's Media Summit!

The puzzle's the thing in The Odd Gentlemen's time-twisting, brain-teasing platformer The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, a pie collecting adventure made fascinating by the eponymous Winterbottom...

From the third inning of the visiting New York Mets taking on the Chicago Cubs.

It's not exactly surprising to hear EA Chief Financial Officer Eric Brown say that we won't see the "sharp and distinct console transition like we've seen in the past." It's a notion we've heard before and something that THQ boss Brian Farrell explained a couple years back, dividing the current cycle into three distinct sub-cycles: handheld, Wii and another group of Xbox 360 with PS3.

Brown's issue had more to do with pricing, noting that half the PS2's sales occurred after the console hit $150, which the PS3 at $300 is nowhere close to. Comparing it to the last console cycle, Brown doesn't feel pricing has come down to where the publisher would have expected it to. Given the amount of investment required in the current round of HD gaming, it's unlikely we'll see publishers wanting to invest heavily into whatever's next -- especially in this economy.

[Via IndustryGamers]

Seven dollars of a $60 video game purchase covers expenses for games never even sold. That's according to a breakdown of retail game cost by an on-demand games service. OnLive, of Palo Alto, Calif.,...

This trailer has action and great visuals. What more good you ask for?

For those of you wondering just how superior the PC version of Battlefield Bad Company 2 is to the console iterations, the answer lies at least partially in the above PC version walkthrough. Sure, stuff like kit selection and squad layout is a bit more in-depth, and there's the near-ubiquitous (for PC games) server browsing/dedicated server support -- multiplayer count also gets a boosted 32-player count over the console's 24 -- but other than that ... alright, that's kind of a lot. When you also factor in DirectX 11 support (for fancy lighting, among other things), the differences get starker. It would certainly seem that DICE hasn't forgotten its roots as a PC game developer.

That said, even if you're a strident console-only gamer, the above walkthrough also gives us our first eyes-on with "Valparaiso" -- a multiplayer map apparently set in the Chiléan city. Here's a shocker: it looks just as impressive as everything else we've seen from the game thus far (even more so, graphically speaking, as it's running on a presumably tricked out PC). Bad Company 2 arrives on your console of choice (minus the Wii) in early March.

Nathan Drake is a great character. Have you ever found yourself wishing that you were able to play some games that are exclusive to other platforms? I admit that I wanted to play Uncharted 2 so bad that I actually went over to RMC’s house and plowed through it (he was home don’t worry)! Ok, that [...]

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Search for clues in the library.

Stuart Black, he of the eponymous 2006 FPS for Xbox and PS2 (that would be the game called "Black," not "Stuart Black") has caught on with Codemasters and now declares he "can't be bothered" by the...

Check out the first inning of exhibition gameplay between the Dodgers of Los Angeles and the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Earlier this month we announced how ModNation is going mobile with ModNation Racers PSP. Now you players will be able to Race, Create, and Share on the move.

If you recall, ModNation.com hooked up PS3 owners with a slick PS3 theme for signing up on the website, now it’s time for PSP owners to get some love! If you register with ModNation.com by March 2nd, we will send you a couple of limited edition PSP themes.

Vouchers for the themes will be sent next month and if you have already “Joined the Nation” you automatically get themes. We have more updates about both games in the months ahead, so stay tuned to the PS.Blog and be sure to register on ModNation.com and score your themes! Until then, learn a bit about how both games got their start in this interview from Christian Phillips, Director of San Diego Studios!

Since the day Nintendo's video on demand service Wii No Ma first escaped Satoru Iwata's lips, there's been speculation about it coming to North America. Broke My Controller has the latest (though still circumstantial) evidence in the form of several Wii No Ma trademarks made in the U.S. earlier this month.

We had hoped Nintendo would confirm the service's North American arrival during today's media summit, but alas, it was not to be. Seems will just to have to keep getting our fast food coupons from the newspaper like everybody else.

[Thanks, J. Lopez]

How to get lucky in a galaxy full of chicks.

Explore the expanded capabilities of the DSi XL with Senior Product Specialist Nate Williams of Nintendo.

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Quantic Dream's serial-killer-suspense-meets-family-drama adventure title, Heavy Rain, received the official Joystiq Seal of Approval[TM], but how did our peers in the world of gaming journalism feel about the title? Let's see what some other critics had to say about the interactive romp through rainy Frenchadelphia:

• GamePro (5/5): "Put simply, Heavy Rain is a gaming experience that took huge risks in design, narrative, and game mechanics, and executed on its ideas to masterful effect. You will care, in the end, about the decisions you made to shape the fates of your characters, and wonder long after it's over if you made the right choices."
• 1UP (A-): "Though shorter than other epic, multi-disc titles, there's more than enough content in Heavy Rain to warrant a purchase. At the end of my first playthrough I was left utterly satisfied with the conclusion of the story and wanting more titles of this caliber."
• Eurogamer (9/10): "A thrilling mystery, cleverly composed, and unlike anything else you will play this year. It may also be the only game you play this year where pulling the trigger makes you really feel something, and I can think of no greater compliment."
• Giant Bomb (4/5): "Interactive storytelling might not yet be able to evoke the same degree of raw human emotion as more traditional art forms, but this is a big step in the right direction."

Don't let the name fool you -- this is Personal Trainer: Cooking 2.

Ubisoft's real-time strategy city building game experiences The Kirby Effect during its trans-Atlantic trip, as seen on NeoGAF. (Xtreme version for ass-kicking North Americans follows.)

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